How to petion in Frankfurt

[Mephibosheth 0]

Hey....

I'm reluctant to call Frankfurt for 15 Euro and so my Questions are:

What do you need to petition in Frankfurt?

And can you still petition by mail?

Or could my wife petition in Hamburg? (where we live now)

Does anyone know?

Of course we'll send in the I-130, but do we need to prove my wife's residency in any way?

Thanks in advance

[Mephibosheth 0]

and by the way

has anyone else noticed that the German usembassy site (www.us-botschaft.de) offers almost no info on immigrant visas, but refers to the state department site and otherwise encourages you to call frankfurt for 1,86 Euro a minute

whereas the english site (www.usembassy.de) does offer more info, but still doesn't really say how to file?

ugh

Edited April 3, 2007 by Mephibosheth

[Mary G. 0]

Mephibosheth,

You can still petition by mail. You need to send:

-credit card information for payment of the $190

-a copy of USC's birth certificate

-a copy of USC's passport

-Proof of USC's residency here in Germany

-Form G-325A for USC

-Form G-325A for spouse (otherwise known as the beneficiary)

-copy of your marriage certificate

-copy of spouse's passport

-a passport-style photo of USC

-a passport-style photo of your spouse

Also, all official documents need to be in English or German. If not, they must be translated.

Hope this information helps!

Best wishes,

Mary

and by the way

has anyone else noticed that the German usembassy site (www.us-botschaft.de) offers almost no info on immigrant visas, but refers to the state department site and otherwise encourages you to call frankfurt for 1,86 Euro a minute

whereas the english site (www.usembassy.de) does offer more info, but still doesn't really say how to file?

ugh

Edited April 3, 2007 by Mary G.

[MaydayDas 1]

and by the way

has anyone else noticed that the German usembassy site (www.us-botschaft.de) offers almost no info on immigrant visas, but refers to the state department site and otherwise encourages you to call frankfurt for 1,86 Euro a minute

whereas the english site (www.usembassy.de) does offer more info, but still doesn't really say how to file?

ugh

you are not right, just spend some time with search and you can find anything on the embassy web site http://frankfurt.usconsulate.gov/frankfurt...tact.html....... normal phone numbers to call and ask about starting your process in frankfurt.

and on the Visajourney use search and then again you will find everything you need

good luck

[Otto 83]

To Add - Frankfurt is the only embassy that processes marriage/family-based visas....

[Mephibosheth 0]

Mephibosheth,

You can still petition by mail. You need to send:

-credit card information for payment of the $190

-a copy of USC's birth certificate

-a copy of USC's passport

-Proof of USC's residency here in Germany

-Form G-325A for USC

-Form G-325A for spouse (otherwise known as the beneficiary)

-copy of your marriage certificate

-copy of spouse's passport

-a passport-style photo of USC

-a passport-style photo of your spouse

Also, all official documents need to be in English or German. If not, they must be translated.

Hope this information helps!

Best wishes,

Mary

thanks Mary G

very helpful

[Mary G. 0]

Mephibosheth,

Just noticed something. Since you lived in Denmark for awhile, you will most likely have to get a police certificate from Denmark as well as Germany--depending on how long you lived there--for the last part of this process, the visa interview. When my husband and I were just at the Consulate for his visa interview, we spent some time talking with a man from Denmark who was also interviewing for his visa. He shared with us that the Consulate was having some trouble with his police certificate because it did not list any addresses for him in Denmark. I'm not sure why this was a problem, but it might be worth noting in case you lived in Denmark long enough to have to obtain a police certificate from them. You might want to ask them whether they can somehow include your former address(es) on there. I'm sure the absence of his addresses was not going to keep the man we met from getting his visa; it just seemed like it might slow the process down a little and might be easier if he had asked them to somehow include his former addresses on there. Anyway, just something to think about for further down the road.

Best of luck to you!

Mary

Mephibosheth,

You can still petition by mail. You need to send:

-credit card information for payment of the $190

-a copy of USC's birth certificate

-a copy of USC's passport

-Proof of USC's residency here in Germany

-Form G-325A for USC

-Form G-325A for spouse (otherwise known as the beneficiary)

-copy of your marriage certificate

-copy of spouse's passport

-a passport-style photo of USC

-a passport-style photo of your spouse

Also, all official documents need to be in English or German. If not, they must be translated.

Hope this information helps!

Best wishes,

Mary

thanks Mary G

very helpful

[Mephibosheth 0]

Alright...

mailed the petition today

I do have a danish police report and it doesn't have my address (or 4 addresses I've had) on there and I don't think they would do that... I'll have to live with that uncertainty.... I don't think the German police report has an address on it, does it?

anyway... the petition is mailed for now ...

[Mephibosheth 0]

Since a couple of people seem to have gotten requests for exra proof of a bona fide marriage, I included the following things right away

- a copy of proof of joint health insurance, which I pay for (with the DAK)

- a copy of our Registration at the same adress from the "Einwohnermeldeamt"

- a copy of the first page of our application for a joint bank account in Germany

[Mary G. 0]

Sounds great. Let us know what happens.

Best,

Mary

Since a couple of people seem to have gotten requests for exra proof of a bona fide marriage, I included the following things right away

- a copy of proof of joint health insurance, which I pay for (with the DAK)

- a copy of our Registration at the same adress from the "Einwohnermeldeamt"

- a copy of the first page of our application for a joint bank account in Germany

[Mephibosheth 0]

for my documents that are in danish (birth certificate and police record)

can I do the translation myself? Does anyone have experience with submitting own translations in Frankfurt?

How would I find a notray public to swear to their accuracy?

[meauxna 15]

You don't need a notary public; the translator swears that it's an accurate translation. Look for the official text that needs to be included (sorry I don't have it to hand!).

[Mephibosheth 0]

On the OF169 it says:

All documents not in English, or in the official language of the country in

which application for a visa is being made, must be accompanied by certified English translations.

Translations must be certified by a competent translator and sworn to before a Notary Public.

I know I can certify it myself and have foun the words before , but where do I swear to a Notary Public for it. (And what swearwords should I use ? ;-)

Does that mean I swear to the accuracy in front of the Embassy officials and that's it?

[meauxna 15]

Ah, sorry, I see what you mean now.

Regardless, a Notary stamp was not required for our case, and I have not seen it required for anyone else.

You may want to go searching/reading in the Embassy forum; this question is often addressed in there.

[Mephibosheth 0]

our credit card still hasn't been charged :-/